Honiara vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Honiara	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1502	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3098	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$916	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$1465	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$33	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$166	$771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	6	49
😀 Quality of life	47	71
🏙️ Population	84.5K	8.78M

The cost of living in Honiara is 132% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 3988th and 7630th ($1502 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 134th in the Solomon Islands and China, respectively. Check the Solomon Islands vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Honiara compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 7012th and 3354th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Quanzhou

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	Honiara	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.81	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.6	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$3.4	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.55	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$587	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1039	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1137	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$257	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.53%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$800	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.1	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.55	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.58	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.41	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.33	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.13	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.8	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.11	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.4	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.1	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.6	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$99.1	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2879	$9745

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Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1491
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$2020
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$788
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$2036
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$562
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$546
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1851
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1844
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1911
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1851
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$2015
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1643
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$526
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1863
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1992
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$680
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$1095
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$714
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$714
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2323
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1825
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2341
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$891
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$910
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1499
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1497
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$492
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1273
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1995
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1855
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2354

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954